Acid Reflux, also called Gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD) or gastric reflux disease is defined as chronic symptoms of mucosal damage produced by abnormal reflux of stomach acid frequently to the esophagus. This results in a symptom like a heartburn sensation. The main reason for the {frequent|often} occurrence of regurgitation could be because of the incompetence of lower sphincter muscles in the esophagus or hiatal hernia.

Common symptoms for acid reflux are heartburn, trouble swallowing, regurgitation, chronic cough, asthma, nausea, chest pain and excessive salivation with pain while swallowing (odynophagia).

The disease can be cured very easily by applying simple acid reflux cure methods:

1. Lifestyle Changes:

a. Do some changes in diet some foods are said to trigger acid reflux. They are vegetable, fruit and juices like orange, grapefruit, cranberry and tomato. Other foods like mashed potatoes, raw onion, Mac and cheese pasta, marinara sauce spaghetti, ground beef, chicken wings, chicken nuggets, marbled sirloin, high-fat butter cookies, chocolate based sweets, doughnuts, brownies, salads and low oil and fatty foods. Omitting such foods, and if not possible, eating them with antacids like calcium carbonate and smoking

b. Sleeping on the left side also has been observed to lessen acid reflux.

2. Medications:

Many types of medication for acid reflux cure given will include those that belongs to groups like proton pump inhibitors (eg: omeprazole), gastric proton receptor blockers (ranitidine), antacids, alginic acid, prokinetics that will strengthen LES, sucralfate, mosapride are some of the common prescribed and non-prescription drugs.

3. Natural Remedies:

The first treatment for acid reflux cure to be given should be natural homemade remedies. Commonly, drinking apple cidar vinegar early in the morning in empty stomach every day seemed to reduce this problem.

4. Surgery:

Endoscopy will involve painless surgery that will stitch the sphincter region of the esophagus to reduce the reflux of acid from the stomach. This type of surgery is what people preferred the most. Open surgery involve also the same operation, but performed from outside the stomach.